SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
NCLEX Nutrition
Start Test
Study First
Subjects
:
nclex
,
health-sciences
,
nursing
,
health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
5.5 ounces/day
hemoglobin
2. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
liver and intestinal synthesis
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
starches - sugars - and cellulose
dark green - orange - drybeans
3. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
cream cheese - cream or butter
dark green - orange - drybeans
dietary approach to stop hypertension
3 cups
4. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
milk - enriched grains
fats
hemoglobin
one week period
5. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
fat soluble vitamins
low albumin levels < 3.4
one tspn salt or less
6. When does BMR decrease?
protein and fat
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
7. Name six sources of grains
review of systems
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
6 oz. a day
TPN total parenteral nutrition
8. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
fats
cream cheese - cream or butter
day week or month
9. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
essential amino acids
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
2.5 cups
10. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
pregnant women or elderly
liver and intestinal synthesis
atrophy or wasting of muscle
11. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
500 cal/day
one week period
milk - enriched grains
12. What foods have high quality protein?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
can consume more calories without weight gain
essential amino acids
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
13. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
500 cal/day
diet recall
6 oz. a day
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
14. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
cream cheese - cream or butter
4 calories/gram
18-25
15. What is the function of vitamin C?
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
5.5 ounces/day
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
16. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
4 calories/gram
pregnant women or elderly
antioxidant - immune function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
17. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
decrease in total lymphocyte count
2 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
protein and fat
18. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
liver and intestinal synthesis
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
19. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein and fat
20. What is the function of vitamin E?
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
antioxidant - immune function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
day week or month
21. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
decrease in total lymphocyte count
prealbumin levels
diet recall
one tspn salt or less
22. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
diet recall
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
23. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
trans fatty acid
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
dairy and fortified foods
24. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
can consume more calories without weight gain
trans fatty acid
apple is higher risk than a pear
pregnant women or elderly
25. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
transferrin
hemoglobin
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
26. Sources of fats
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
starches - sugars - and cellulose
cream cheese - cream or butter
27. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
300 cal/day increase
day week or month
vitamin K
28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
3 cups
milk - enriched grains
starches - sugars - and cellulose
vitamin K
29. What is normal BMI?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
protein and fat
18-25
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
30. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
one week period
vitamin C - citrus fruits
500 cal/day
31. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
500 cal/day
day week or month
carrots and sweet potatoes
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
32. What is RDA of protein?
protein
liver and intestinal synthesis
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
dark green - orange - drybeans
33. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
pregnant women or elderly
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
trans fatty acid
34. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
2.5 cups
protein
B and C
4 calories/gram
35. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
2.5 cups
diet recall
low albumin levels < 3.4
fat soluble vitamins
36. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
essential amino acids
pregnant women or elderly
dairy and fortified foods
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
37. What function is vitamin D?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
atrophy or wasting of muscle
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
38. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
6 oz. a day
hemoglobin
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
39. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
pregnant women or elderly
vitamin C - citrus fruits
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
cream cheese - cream or butter
40. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
protein
500 cal/day
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
5.5 ounces/day
41. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
protein and fat
500 cal/day
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
milk - enriched grains
42. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
one tspn salt or less
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
starches - sugars - and cellulose
43. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
can consume more calories without weight gain
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
hemoglobin
day week or month
44. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
pregnant women or elderly
300 cal/day increase
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
45. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
rickets - osteomalacia
hemoglobin
4 calories/gram
2.5 cups
46. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
one tspn salt or less
300 cal/day increase
one week period
liver and intestinal synthesis
47. Fats can lead to some medical problems
starches - sugars - and cellulose
can consume more calories without weight gain
TPN total parenteral nutrition
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
48. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
rickets - osteomalacia
one tspn salt or less
300 cal/day increase
review of systems
49. Where can you get more vitamin D?
500 cal/day
dietary approach to stop hypertension
dairy and fortified foods
albumin levels
50. What does DASH stand for?
B and C
dietary approach to stop hypertension
rickets - osteomalacia
2.5 cups